Hi all
This is my first post, so sorry in advance for any mistakes i make
Heres the situation...
i own an xperia play, which i then rooted, so that i could underclock to save battery life...
since then, there has been an official update, which i can not update with as i have unlocked the bootloader...
i have already contacted sony ericsson support, and they have told me that all i can try is flashing with a sony ericsson rom...
What im asking is does anyone know how to do this and where to download an original sony ericsson rom from for the xperia play (i have the UK version)
Thanks in advance :-D
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097591 Since it's the UK rom you';; get the bcc iplayer, but that's not to bad.
If you've done that you can root with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14192328
Thanks
Thanks for the quick reply,
I havent got round to trying it yet, however, i am about to try it in a minute.
Ill post my results to help anyone that may be experiencing the same problem
svenk919 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097591 Since it's the UK rom you';; get the bcc iplayer, but that's not to bad.
If you've done that you can root with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14192328
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The above method DID work, but not only did it work, but it also included the update I wanted to perform!!!
Thankyou so much!
(I used flashtools btw for anyone not sure what to do)
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Do not use sony update service just yet
Although Sony DO NOT yet have a firmware update for the Xperia, the update service still gives you the option to restore the phone by reinstalling the currant firmware version.
But DO NOT USE THE UPDATE SERVICE JUST YET, consult sony technical service first, if you are experiencing problems and are looking to restore via update service. (vista 32 bit, i also know one case on windows xp from a xperia user)
I carried an update to restore the original firmware and the phone got blocked(bricked) update stops at 11%
i had to send it back and purchase a new xperia.
Excellent phone, hope all Xperia users are enjoying the experiences with X1
WHAT??!?!?!?!? They didn't exchange it or something?
i dont understand, this is windows mobile, why would we need to upgrade firmware? If anything, we just need to hard reset the phone and its back to factory. I mean there are custom roms but we cant flash it until we have a hard spl
Updates
you wanna be able to update the phone to fix bugs in the FW, like the Bluetooth disabling itself issue, or the panels being slow etc.
As to y u would wanna re install the existing FW, some people might have messed around and bricked their phone, a quick solution would be to reinstall the FW.
I can help you with flashing to generic firmware on X1.
Just send me a PM.
I have uploaded the list of firmwares available.
Check out the attachment.
I bought a new X1
I bought a new X1 but with Windows Mobile in Swedish. I tried different ROM images but still I cannot get the English version. Can you help me with an working image
Please
ferraripassion said:
I can help you with flashing to generic firmware on X1.
Just send me a PM.
I have uploaded the list of firmwares available.
Check out the attachment.
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Can you please help me, and tell me where I can download the Generic AT Rom for X1, I need to send it back, but was not able to get this ROM? even the Update service of SE, there is no option to restore, it say only, that there is no new software for it.
Please help, and is there any special SPL I need to use?
thanks in advance.
I'm glad I came across this thread. I was about check for updates but I sure wouldn't have reinstalled the same firmware version. Anyway, I guess I should just wait for the next update and update the phone after I find out how it makes the phone better.
... to late, ive already updated it with the latest dutch vodafone rom version. luckly it didnt brick.
Hi Guys!
Just thought I'd give you a heads up over on this section of the board that the latest GENERIC_UK R2A firmware that a LOT of people have been waiting for is NOW AVAILABLE at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
Have at it guys! We've been waiting ages for this baby!
And please thank PavelX1 and his anonymous friend for this!
could you maybe also give us a heads up if the generic_NL r2 comes out? I know alot of people are waiting for that aswell!
Thanx anyway to both you and pavel (and friend)
nyan187 said:
could you maybe also give us a heads up if the generic_NL r2 comes out? I know alot of people are waiting for that aswell!
Thanx anyway to both you and pavel (and friend)
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it's also in that thread
All available ROMS are also listed in the XPERIA ROM LIBRARY too. Some of them already have FTP mirrors
You should take a look
Happy flashing
so is UK_Generic R2A also available through SEUS??
what are the improvements in this new rom you guys? i'm hesitant to flash bc i'm too lazy to backup all my junk... unless of course this rom has some pretty sweet improvements. judging by the other r2a roms though, there are only minor bug fixes and slight speed improvement... if it's worth it though, you guys let me know
tnx for the heads up. gona use seus to update later.
can somebody just give me a heads up .. I heard that there is new firmware so I ran the SE update software but it says that I already have the latest version.. ?
did something go wrong or whats happening? .. I m a uk user
thanks
Amanox said:
can somebody just give me a heads up .. I heard that there is new firmware so I ran the SE update software but it says that I already have the latest version.. ?
did something go wrong or whats happening? .. I m a uk user
thanks
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EDITED: As of JAN 31 2009, these ROMS (UK, FR, SPAIN) ARE NOT "officialy released", thus SEUS WILL NOT UPDATE
will restoring from spb backup after flashing to this new rom be o.k.? or will i have to manually install everything again? i'm asking because of the system files being backed-up as well, i dont want to overwrite anything from the new rom. thanks
Thanks!
Yeah! Been waiting for this too.
am trying to update my rom with seus but seus is displaying "the software in your phone is up-to-date" and theres no option to "continue anyway"..
weird...
Cos it is not officially released by SE yet.
^o ok then. maybe the service centers can help. or ill just update another time
New FW generic uk is crap
I have just made the flash and played around for 30 minutes... its all crap! It is slower now, no real improvements that I could find. Besides those updates of radio, browser (still NO flash support!), etc.
Nothing of value to me. The camera still sucks big time, still NO zoom for 3MP and the quality still bad.
Again, I could not find any real improvement and/or feature enhancement. Too bad, waited and waited... just to be disappointed again by SE. Perhaps its time after all to move on to a different brand.
michaelthemage I updated to the new r2a rom too, and after like 2 hrs i was about too flash back my old rom, but then i tried to soft reset, and it worked a little bit better, then using it for a couple of days, the performance increased and became stable, i'm most satisfied with the media panel that now feels much quicker, i can now browse my images as fast as i want, the system became overall faster and snappier, but it's really weird that the performance increased gradually,
So if I were you i'd give it 2 days before flashing back !
P.S i wanted to know if the now released uk rom will be the same as the one officialy released by SE or if there is any chance SE could improve it till the official release date ???
im a n00b
hey
m really excited about the new rom. but i had a few question and as u can see my post count. im new to this world and a bit of a noob. so i would be greatfull if u take time to reply my idiot question.
1. does TouchFlo3D work with the new rom.
2. i hear that some people flash without doing HardSPL. is that safe
3. the image file i downloaded is named GENERIC_UK.image . do i rename THIS file to Kovsimg.nbh or some other .nbh file.
thank you for ur time
m using generic uk rom at the moment
agent_47 said:
hey
m really excited about the new rom. but i had a few question and as u can see my post count. im new to this world and a bit of a noob. so i would be greatfull if u take time to reply my idiot question.
1. does TouchFlo3D work with the new rom.
2. i hear that some people flash without doing HardSPL. is that safe
3. the image file i downloaded is named GENERIC_UK.image . do i rename THIS file to Kovsimg.nbh or some other .nbh file.
thank you for ur time
m using generic uk rom at the moment
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your no idiot, just as you stated: a noob
1. yes
2. yes, because its official rom. hard-spl is needed to unlock so you can flash custom roms or perhaps stock roms with other languages.
3. rename it to ruu_signed.nbh or Kovsimg.nbh if you do from sd-card
Just did the update, SD card method worked fine, it lasted only 10 minutes. Unfortunately I have a 210 MB sprite backup file, so I needed to delete some custom files and choose not to restore some unnecessary ones before the restore. If you are using Sprite Backup too, be sure to choose Level 2 as the restore option (Level 1 did not work fully, unfortunately).
Restoring now...
Someone cooking R2A UK ROM already?
I was gonna switch to the iphone before this rom, but now......
Some improvements i have noticed:
1: Boot time is much faster.
2: iGo08 now takes about 10 seconds to load up instead of over 30!
3: Infact pretty much all programs load much faster than the previous rom.
4. PanelSwitching is faster.
5: Phone signal is much better and more consistant (im on 3UK)
6. General Speed improvements all round.
Not fixed/worse:
1. On the sony ericsson panel i still cant get weather updates on my city/town (Doncaster UK) even though its a city i can select.
2. Media Panel now does not detect photos in my storage card stored in folder my documents/mypictures. Now previously taken pictures have to be stored in my pictures in the storage card root directory.
Overall a very good update, im impressed, looks like i have an iphone to sell!
Hey guys, I don't s'pose someone who's debranded from vodafone would be kind enough to upload there backup copy of the replaced files?! My computer was kind enough to delete my back ups >_<
Any help would be great
Which? UK? Germany? Netherlands? They are different...
My apologies, should have said. I'm after the UK Vodafone generic files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663203&page=10
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Originally Posted by MightyMuna
noob question:
If I debrand my handset, will I lose all my data, settings, apps, etc? if so, does anyone know a good back up software, Sony Ericsson PC Suite does not work for X10.
Thanks.
Yes.
SE PC Suite doesn't work with the X10. Sony Ericsson PC Companion 2.0 does though.
You are able to back your messages up to a SD card and sync your contacts to google. However, i am not sure about the application side of things.
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Uhm i'm not quite sure what that has to do with the generic files i'm after. Just so that if need ever arise i can re-brand the phone.
I have a copy of the Vodafone UK firmware files.
Let me know if these are ones you need?
Yes they are and i would be very grateful for them :-D
Right Click Save As - Vodafone UK Firmware BaseBand 1.0.14
All done.
You my friend are a fantastic individual and I thank you
Veeger said:
You my friend are a fantastic individual and I thank you
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Happy to help mate.
Hello,
Sorry for disturbing but I really need a firmware pack for a prototype X10.
I received it for testing, and it seems someone flashed a generic stock firmware on it.
The result - a beautiful x10 with no network access, it can not register to any network provider.
If anyone has such a firmware, please PM me.
Thank you all
agarthian said:
Hello,
Sorry for disturbing but I really need a firmware pack for a prototype X10.
I received it for testing, and it seems someone flashed a generic stock firmware on it.
The result - a beautiful x10 with no network access, it can not register to any network provider.
If anyone has such a firmware, please PM me.
Thank you all
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Maybe you need to enter the network setting (aka APN)? If that is not the problem then go here.
batman_112 said:
Maybe you need to enter the network setting (aka APN)? If that is not the problem then go here.
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no, that is not the case.
Thephone is a prototype, and it can not use the network at all with shiped rom - meaning no voice at all - it acts as if it was in "airplane mode".
Thank you for your opinion, anyway
Hello Agarthian,
what SI (CDF) does the prototype have (Label below the battery)?
Regards - Nonixnarrez
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
Build ap1
Si 1228 - 3677.1k 09w26
Thank you
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
Hi again,
I´ve flashed such a prototype (exactly the same type/data as yours) with a DE/CH generic software version (CDF/SI: 1235-7836). Only limitation of the prototype board is that Bluetooth is not implemented and speaker is weak.
Good luck - Nonixnarrez
Is there any way you could give me that specific firmware? I searched for it but i was unable to find it.
Would be most grateful if you could upload the file somewhere and PM me the download link.
Thanks in advance
agarthian said:
Hello,
Sorry for disturbing but I really need a firmware pack for a prototype X10.
I received it for testing, and it seems someone flashed a generic stock firmware on it.
The result - a beautiful x10 with no network access, it can not register to any network provider.
If anyone has such a firmware, please PM me.
Thank you all
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http://www.speedyshare.com/files/24888935/X10.rar
this is a russian 2.1 version but it is for dev phones, im pritty sure u can work it out
Source http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=820315
hope this works for u mate
Thank you, flashed this firmware but it seems that the problem was not caused by the firmware after all.
The phone still asks for "sim network unlock pin" - the phone is not network locked, being a prototype. The other X10's we received are just fine, this one just refuses to use any sim card.
Any other ideas? I'm running out of them.
Hello Agarthian,
I'm sitting here looking at the lovely X10i prototype that a major-manager at SE gave me some time back. It irritates me hugely not to be able to upgrade it to 2.1 and so I was wondering if this is what You have done/are attempting? If so, have You been successful?
Cheers/M
McHan said:
Hello Agarthian,
I'm sitting here looking at the lovely X10i prototype that a major-manager at SE gave me some time back. It irritates me hugely not to be able to upgrade it to 2.1 and so I was wondering if this is what You have done/are attempting? If so, have You been successful?
Cheers/M
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Hi.
I have 2.1 on it, but this huge problem about not being able to use any SIM card in it. I really don't know if it originally came with 2.1, because someone else had it for testing before me, and I have no info about what happened to it so far.
Thanks
agarthian said:
Hi.
I have 2.1 on it, but this huge problem about not being able to use any SIM card in it. I really don't know if it originally came with 2.1, because someone else had it for testing before me, and I have no info about what happened to it so far.
Thanks
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Well my phone, with a higher SI-number than Your's (if that has any relevance to age) was certainly delivered with the 1.6 it is still running. So probably someone has done a manual upgrade of some sort on the phone to get it to 2.1. Have You spoken with SE support? I had a X10 Mini Pro that they actually took pity on and upgraded for me. It probably helped that I live in Stockholm and had an SE lab here close-by... No such service-mindednes this time round, though....
Thanks/M
agarthian said:
Thank you, flashed this firmware but it seems that the problem was not caused by the firmware after all.
The phone still asks for "sim network unlock pin" - the phone is not network locked, being a prototype. The other X10's we received are just fine, this one just refuses to use any sim card.
Any other ideas? I'm running out of them.
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well my phone has that sometimes as well.. i dont know why, but just keep rebooting maybe it will go away it does atleast for me, and no i dont got a dev phone
oh and try a diff simcard, maybe its simlocked for provider?
Hawkysoft said:
http://www.speedyshare.com/files/24888935/X10.rar
this is a russian 2.1 version but it is for dev phones, im pritty sure u can work it out
Source http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=820315
hope this works for u mate
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i've tried this firmware with latest flashtool , but now fone is bricked only give buzz and green light. so is there any tested firmware for Prototype AP1, kindly post a link or upload it some server like mediafire.
Take Care
ENJOY
same here, anyone has x10 prototype firmware? Please post it hence the original links are dead........
android 1.6
i have the problem with my prototype that the touch screen doesnt work it did work on teh android 1.6 that i had 1st but i cant find any android 1.6 firmware for the x10i i just wanna downgrade it so i can use my phone i have this problem already 5months and i searched the whole internet so if anyone has a WORKING link for a 1.6 version it will be great but i don't expect many anymore tried lots of things btw might it be the touch screen software? can i flash that ?
x10Mark said:
i have the problem with my prototype that the touch screen doesnt work it did work on teh android 1.6 that i had 1st but i cant find any android 1.6 firmware for the x10i i just wanna downgrade it so i can use my phone i have this problem already 5months and i searched the whole internet so if anyone has a WORKING link for a 1.6 version it will be great but i don't expect many anymore tried lots of things btw might it be the touch screen software? can i flash that ?
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Having the same issue... Have you found anything yet?
Hi @all.
got an german branded vodafone Desire Z
And right before i rooted it, i made the mistake to do the update to 1.72.
So it's untouched (not sradio'ed off before) and seems to be locked to all current known rooting-ways.
The most ways only work for default cid's.
Can anyone tell me, if the allready exists a way to root my updated vodafone dz.
Even if not, is anyone working on this? is there a way to support this work with data etc. so it can be rooted soon?
Thanks a lot,
tk
There's a whole thread about that here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905261
tk-germany said:
Hi @all.
got an german branded vodafone Desire Z
And right before i rooted it, i made the mistake to do the update to 1.72.
So it's untouched (not sradio'ed off before) and seems to be locked to all current known rooting-ways.
The most ways only work for default cid's.
Can anyone tell me, if the allready exists a way to root my updated vodafone dz.
Even if not, is anyone working on this? is there a way to support this work with data etc. so it can be rooted soon?
Thanks a lot,
tk
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Hi !
Yes there exists a way to downgrade your Desire Z even if you do not have one of the default CID's.
You will have to create a goldcard (this is a special preparated micro-sd card) that will allow you to install Stock-ROMs from a default CID on a phone with a non-default CID.
Follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572683&highlight=gold+card on how to create a goldcard.
Then follow either this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905261 or the somewhat cleaner version on the cyanogen site http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting
If you are not familiar with adb then read this first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685&highlight=adb+noobs
If you still don't get it working try to find me on the #g2root irc-channel and i'll try to help (most times)
Have fun - Guhl
Hi Guhl,
thank a lot for your hints...
so i'll just need a MicroSD-Card, a Cardreader and a PC, nothin all, right?
Why can't someone create an apk or app that does the work to the sd-card inside of Android? Would'nt that be an Idea? Or has the user allready to BE root, to be able to do that? Hm, maybe think about that, when i'm finaly root
So finaly a last one... Has anyone experience with backup-Software for the DZ that works good without to be root, as i am not now...
There seem to be some good tools, but all even have posts with failed restores, and i realy dont want to run into a brocken backup, when i down- and reupgraded.
Thanks and greetz from Berlin
It is pretty easy
I done the same before so if you need help
Dont know but you can give MyBackup a try..